ACT Center

Employee training and testing available through ACT Center

Individuals go through courses, tests at own pace.
(July 9, 2004 - By Lisa Aleman-Padilla | From The Fresno
Bee)

FRESNO, Calif. - Training employees to be productive and
skillful is one of the most expensive problems facing businesses.
Hiring an employee lacking crucial skills can lower productivity,
drive down profits and put a drag on morale.

Fresno State’s ACT Center was established in 2001 to
deliver state-of-the-art testing and training services to area
employers in a convenient and cost-effective manner. The Center
will relocate this month from California State University, Fresno
to Manchester Center,

"We are making an extensive library of training courseware
available to area businesses," said
Dr. Thomas McClanahan, ACT Center
Executive Director and Associate Vice President for Research and
Sponsored Programs at Fresno State. "We are now focused on testing
employee or applicant skills through our WorkKeys program, and we
are also improving their job skills with training sessions using
the latest technology."

The ACT Center will provide small and medium-sized businesses,
government agencies and individuals with a much broader range and
higher quality of training than they have been able to access,
enabling them to remain competitive with major corporations at a
reasonable cost. Among the services provided:

Individualized, self-paced courseware which will save time
and money by not duplicating what employees already know.